Solved Issue - XBMCbuntu Wireless option?

Living in an apartment, it's difficult to run an rj45 through walls and under carpets. I wanted to simplify the purpose of my laptop in the bedroom so I installed XBMCbuntu per the Wiki instructions, but there's no wireless? I have never played with a linux system, so if there is a way to run some type of script to install a wireless driver, or some other way such as hosting the drivers on a thumbdrive, please let me know. If you have a tutorial on it, I would love to learn.

The system requirements did not mentioned a physical connection, and I didn't think it would have mattered.

I will have a look when I get home, but if it matters the installation was setup so that it logs straight into XBMC. Inside of that software, I couldn't find a wireless network setting. I don't recall seeing a circle in the bottom left within XBMC software, just the "playlist" and shutdown options.

@hunterx. Click the Shutdown options button and click EXIT. You'll be presented with a dropdown box either XBMC or XBMCbuntu. Select XBMCbuntu. Select login as XBMC (not other) and whatever your password was you set during install.

I did not have the option to connect to wireless, but I was connected directly to an RJ45 during installation (as I am accustomed to for Windows installations). I wonder if I were to get that option if I installed it without being plugged in directly.

John, thanks, I will look for that option. There's a lot of wiki articles on running commands from the terminal, I just can't figure out how to get to that point. I will look for that option later.

(2012-04-25 06:01)hunterx Wrote: Found this on ubuntu forums, and it worked

1)Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal
2)Dell
3)Latitude D620

Everything works out of the box but Wi-Fi. To enable it, install two packages:

b43-fwcutter
firmware-b43-installer

They can be installed from the Software Center or through the command line:

sudo apt-get install b43-fwcutter firmware-b43-installer

A reboot is not necessary - after the install is complete you should have working wifi and the wifi light should light up as well.

Hey there I have a custom setup with an ECS board and a Cisco wifi usb. Kinda new to forums so apologize if i sound like a total noob. would you be able to give me more detail on how I could download and install the drivers required.